Re: Does Agassi belong in the top ten all-time


fearsomeforehand wrote:
except Raja, of course :) Raja, you can just wave this article in the
face of anyone who dares question Lendl's place among the greats, the
next time. No need to come up with customized lists for that :-))

These lists are good... only the order is fuct up.

I would say this (post WW1)

Tier 1 (in chronological order... domination of 5+ years)
Tilden, Gonzales, Budge, Borg, Connors, Lendl, Sampras

Tier 2 (in chronological order ... domination of 3+ years)
Kramer, Rosewall, Mcenroe, Federer

Tier 3 (in chronological order ... domination of 3 years)
Lacoste, Cochet, Vines, Perry, Rosewall

Tier 4 (in chronological order ... domination of 1-2 year)
Crawford, Newcombe, Agassi, Wilander, Becker, Edberg

Tier 5 (in chronological order ... lightweight domination of 1-2
years)
Riggs, Sedgman, Segura, Trabert, Hoad,Emerson, Nastase, Courier, Hewitt

Tier 6 (just one year)
Borotra, Fraser, Ashe, Vilas, Kuerten

Tier 7 (journeyman)
cant list... too many



Vari L. Cinicke wrote:
fearsomeforehand wrote:

Interesting to note that Lendl is in every list and Federer is not
present in any.

ulysses@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

This article makes that case. Look to the bottom of the article for
"experts" picking their top 10 players, including Bud Collins, who
omits Agassi:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/13/SPGGPL4KST1.DTL



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(We all agreed to wait on Federer until his career has ended; if anyone
asked me, I'd have him at No. 4 -- and on the rise.)
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Only rst raises questions about Lendl.

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vc

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